The author of a forthcoming biography on Jane Austen believes she has unearthed a previously undiscovered portrait of the novelist. Dr Paula Byrne was midway through her new book when her husband ...

Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated ... She believes she has come across a possible portrait of the author, lost to the world for nearly two centuries. Can the picture stand up to forensic ...

Why did Cassandra burn so many of Jane’s letters, and what might have been lost? The destruction ... s most celebrated authors. Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown.

When Jane Austen died on July 18 ... I had not a thought concealed from her, and it is as if I had lost a part of myself,” Cassandra wrote in a letter later that month. Years later, Cassandra ...

Novelist Jane Austen has been given a makeover for the cover of a book about her life after publishers decided an original image of her was unattractive. "She was not much of a looker," said Helen ...

Indeed, Hornby wrote Miss Austen at least partly with the intention of explaining her actions. Getty Images This pencil and watercolour portrait of Jane by ... as if I have lost a part of ...